Museums and Collections

Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

This giant expressionist head crowns a museum devoted to a beloved Mexican leader.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

This museum started as a collection of Manhattan Projects and continues to add exhibits as they are declassified.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

This Russian museum stresses the importance of keeping clean and even holds one of Pavlov's dogs.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This sprawling taxidermy collection celebrates the art and history of sport hunting.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.